UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese UN envoy on Wednesday called on the world to intensify efforts to counter the terrorist threats in West Africa and Sahel, including stepping up assistance to regional countries in their capacity building.

At a Security Council meeting on the region, Wu Haitao, China's deputy permanent representative to the UN, said the international community need to assist regional countries in building up their capacities in counterterrorism and de-radicalization.

He further said the international also need to tackle prominent issues in the region, such as the movement of foreign terrorists, the diversification of terrorist financing, and the collision between terrorist organizations and organized crime.

With regard to China's efforts in this regard, Wu noted that China has set up the China-Africa Peace and Security Fund in support of China-Africa cooperation in peace, security, peace keeping and maintaining stability.

He said the first consignment of aid materials worth 200 million RMB (28.8 million U.S. dollars) has arrived in Africa to support the development of an African standby force and the African capacity for immediate responses to crises.

In addition, he said, "we have provided 300 million RMB (43.2 million U.S. dollars) in aid to the counter terrorism operations in the Sahel and the development of a joint force of five Sahel nations." Enditem

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